There were sightings of Manchester United’s new £72m striker everywhere. Everywhere bar the pitch, anyway. Rasmus Hojlund was staring out from the cover of the programme. He was in the directors’ box, too, watching his new teammates illustrate that the burden of expectation on the 20-year-old newcomer could be huge.
United need goals. Hojlund’s tally of nine for Atalanta last season does not explain the fee in itself. United’s total of one on their opening night against Wolves was one more than they looked likely to score for most of the night. It came from Raphael Varane, not any of those with more of a responsibility for finding the net.
